Child safety advocate Patty Wetterling is going to withdrawal from the race today at 2pm central.
http://news.minnesota.publicradio.org/...
This leaves Amy Klobuchar, and Ford Bell as the two announced candidates. It is speculated that Patty Wetterling is leaving due to lack of fundraising. Amy Klobuchar has been killing both Wetterling and Bell in raising cash. I will guess that Wetterling's fourth quarter numbers were not to impressive. Blogs are a buzz on what Patty will do next. Some say a run in MN-06 that she narrowly lost in 2004. Some say she might be joining up with an announced gubernatorial candidate as lieutenant governor.
But now what does that do to the senate race? Well I personally have not really strongly backed a horse yet, but I think Ford Bell is going to get a surge of fresh support. While many love Klobuchar for some reason or another, she gets a luke warm response from others. Ford Bell is the latest to join the race and is trailing in cash, but rumor has it that in his last push for fundraising before the new year he raised over $40,000 in a very short time. Totals have not yet been released.
Bell is defiantly the "Wellstonian" choice. Very progressive, calling for single payer health care, a responsible withdrawal from Iraq, and is running a very issue oriented campaign. But Klobuchar is leading in the WSJ/Zogby polls over republican Mark Kennedy. Bell vs. Kennedy is with in the margin of error. http://online.wsj.com/...
Once again both candidates are great. I will have no problem voting for either one. But tonight when I get home my Ford Bell for Senate bumper sticker goes on the car.
www.fordbell.com
www.amyklobuchar.com
Some great blogs following the senate race:
www.dflsenate.com
www.mnpublius.com/